Lorraine Kelly, OBE (born 30 November 1959 is a television presenter, journalist and actress, best known as a presenter for TV-am, and later GMTV and ITV Breakfast, on Daybreak and Lorraine. Previously, she was a reporter and main presenter of TV-am's Good Morning Britain, one of the UK's original breakfast television news programmes.

Between 2012 and 2014, Kelly was a main female presenter of ITV's Daybreak, which she co-hosted from Monday to Thursdays with Aled Jones.

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Early life

nnKelly was born in Gorbals, Glasgow. She is of Irish ancestry and Kelly's father, John, worked as a television repairman. She spent the first few years of her life in Glasgow before the family moved to East Kilbride where she attended Claremont High School. She turned down a university place to read English and Russian in favour of a job on the East Kilbride News, her local newspaper, and then joined BBC Scotland as a researcher in 1983. She moved to TV-am as an on-screen reporter covering Scottish news in 1984.

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Presenting career

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TV-am

nnIn early October 1984, Kelly joined TVAM as Scotland Correspondent. In July 1989, Kelly presented TV-am's Summer Sunday programme with chief reporter Geoff Meade. In February 1990, she became a main presenter of Good Morning Britain alongside Mike Morris.{{cite web| url=http://gmtv.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=442| title=GMTV Who's Who| accessdate=5 February 2008| publisher=GMTV}}

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GMTV

nnIn January 1993, Kelly helped launch GMTV presenting a range of programmes. Her first job was presenting the new Top of the Morning. In March, when Fiona Armstrong walked out of the main GMTV show, Kelly moved to the main breakfast show with Eamonn Holmes. In 1994, Kelly went on maternity leave, and upon her return, become the presenter of Nine O'Clock Live. The show proved so popular that it moved to the earlier 08:35 slot, re-titled Lorraine Live.

In Autumn 2000, as GMTV rebranded to GMTV Today, Kelly's show changed its name to LK Today. As part of the later rebrand that took place in 2009, the show again changed its title to GMTV with Lorraine, to coincide with GMTV Today changing back to GMTV. Lorraine moved for the first time into the main GMTV studio, instead of having her own part of the studio to host from. In April 2010, to make GMTV's programming more consistent, GMTV with Lorraine began airing all year round, instead of breaking during school holidays, with guest presenters.

According to the Sunday Mirror, in 2007, Kelly was prevented from appearing in an advertising campaign for Asda as GMTV managing director Clive Couch felt that such a move would create more bad publicity for GMTV, which had recently been fined £2 million by broadcasting regulator Ofcom for its misuse of premium-rate phone lines.

In November 2009, ITV plc took full control of the broadcaster after purchasing The Walt Disney Company's 25% share. On 9 July 2010, as well as the announcement that GMTV had been axed to make way for Daybreak, it was also revealed that Kelly's new programme Lorraine would replace GMTV with Lorraine On 15 July 2010, Kelly presented her last show before leaving.

Lorraine

In February 2014, Kelly announced that she would leave Daybreak to focus on Lorraine which she began hosting five days a week from 28 April 2014.

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Daybreak

nnOn 4 May 2012, it was confirmed that Kelly would take over from Christine Bleakley as presenter on Lorraine's sister programme Daybreak. She debuted on 3 September 2012. She co-hosted the programme with Aled Jones from Monday to Thursday, with Kate Garraway co-hosting on Fridays.

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Other television work

nnKelly presented Liquid News, Lorraine Kelly GMTV, 9 February 2010Liquid Eurovision Lorraine Kelly Prime Performers Liquid Eurovision LocateTV and became the national spokeswoman for the United Kingdom during the collation of votes at the Eurovision Song Contest, in both 2003 and 2004, replacing the long-serving Colin Berry. Are you stuck? GMTV, 8 January 2008

In 2010,Kelly filmed a six-part documentary series Lorraine Kelly's Big Fat Challenge shown on Bio. Lorraine Kelly's Big Fat Challenge Sky TV, January 2010 The series featured Kelly and a team of experts putting 'Britain's fattest family', the Chawner family through their paces to lose weight and transform their lives. Lorraine Kelly's Big Fat Challenge on Bio Biography Channel, January 2010 Daughter Emma Chawner is best known for her unsuccessful appearances on The X Factor.

In 2011, Kelly presented the ITV series Children's Hospital, and was a guest presenter on the BBC Two series Never Mind the Buzzcocks in Series 25. She was also a guest on Would I Lie to You? and Odd One In. In 2012, she appeared as a panellist on Mad Mad World for ITV (TV network)|ITV

She provides voice-over and narration on the CBeebies show Raa Raa the Noisy Lion.

Kelly has also made acting appearances in the Scottish sitcom, Still Game and the soap opera River City.

Kelly presented a Pride of Britain Award in 2013.

On 6 March 2014, Kelly made a cameo appearance in ITV sitcom Birds of a Feather.

On 19 September 2014, Kelly reported from Dundee on Good Morning Britain on the Scottish independence result.

Charity

Kelly is also a patron of the advocacy charity POhWER (People of Hertfordshire Wants Equal Rights). About being a patron, Kelly commented 'I am proud to be a Patron of POhWER, a charity which helps people to find their voice, make their case, get the care and support they need and see wrongs put right'.http://www.pohwer.net/about-us/patrons/lorraine-kelly-obe.htm

Kelly is also a patron of the British charity Help for Heroes.

In 2011, Kelly was among the celebrities to take part in the BT Red Nose Desert Trek which took place in the Kaisut Desert for Comic Relief and raised £1,375,037.

Lorraine has been an ambassador and presenter for STV Children's Appeal since its creation in 2011.

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Awards and honours

nnIn April 1991, Kelly was awarded the TRIC Diamond Jubilee Award for New Talent of the Year. In 2004, she was elected as the first female Rector of the University of Dundee, being formally installed to office on 28 April 2004. She held this position until 2007. Lorraine Kelly interview: Everyone's cup of teaThe Scotsman, 25 February 2009 On 20 June 2008 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University Honorary Degrees University of Dundee for her services to charity. University honour for TV host Kelly This is Gloucestershire, 20 June 2008

In a survey, Kelly was voted the celebrity most people would like to buy a car from. Lorraine is star for car sales The Sun, 25 January 2008 She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to charity and the armed forces.

On 16 November 2014, Kelly received a special Scottish BAFTA award honouring her 30-year television career.

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Honorary military appointment

nn20px Since June 2009: Honorary Colonel in the Black Watch cadets

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Personal life

nnKelly lives in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, with her husband, Stevie Smith, whom she married in 1992. They have one daughter, Rosie, born in 1994.The Alan Titchmarsh Show, 19 January 2012 Kelly was born to a Catholic mother and a Protestant father, but she is an outspoken critic of Catholic schools in Scotland and has called for an end to them saying they were a cause of trouble in society, and prolonged the "scandal of sectarianism".

She has been a fan of Scottish football team Dundee Utd since 1987 after being taken to a game by her now husband.

References

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Lorraine Kelly, OBE (born 30 November 1959 is a television presenter, journalist and actress, best known as a presenter for TV-am, and later GMTV and ITV Breakfast, on Daybreak and Lorraine. Previously, she was a reporter and main presenter of TV-am's Good Morning Britain, one of the UK's original breakfast television news programmes.

Between 2012 and 2014, Kelly was a main female presenter of ITV's Daybreak, which she co-hosted from Monday to Thursdays with Aled Jones.

Early life

Kelly was born in Gorbals, Glasgow. She is of Irish ancestry and Kelly's father, John, worked as a television repairman. She spent the first few years of her life in Glasgow before the family moved to East Kilbride where she attended Claremont High School. She turned down a university place to read English and Russian in favour of a job on the East Kilbride News...Click here to read the biography